Landscape Architecture office Topotek 1 turns its Berlin office into a gallery space focusing on collaboration. This year, the exhibition will showcase a selection of work by Topotek 1's partners, highlighting the work of those they have had the joy to collaborate with along the way. 

Pieces for the exhibition include among others: the original large-scale model of MVRDV's renowned Rotterdam Markthal project; views of Topotek 1's collaborative project Superkilen from the perspective of Dutch architectural photographer Iwan Baan; Yvonne by artist Rosemarie Trockel; from the artistic and architectural Viennese group Haus-Rucker-Co, a 1986 original chalk drawing; screenings of the short film Paris Syndrome, from artist Jun Yang; and from Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the site model of Basin 7 (BSN7) plan for a new mixed-use neighbourhood in Aarhus Denmark. 

Book cover. Image courtesy of Jovis Verlag

For the duration of the exhibition the office will thus take on a dual function, serving as both workspace and exhibition area. In the celebration of 20 years in the field, Topotek 1 releases a monograph titled 'Creative Infidelities: On the Landscape Architecture of Topotek 1', looks back to the good old days and through to their teens to recollect the journey through this lens of creative collision. 

Topotek 1's new monograph publication highlights the firm's most important approaches and methodologies, showcasing in detail a collection of significant landscape architectural projects. The publication features collaborative partners from the fields of architecture, art and design, along with private and public clients, planners, project managers and contractors, who offer considerations of the joint undertakings from different angles.

Allowing the readers not only to picture the complex realities of the field, but also an insider view of processes of collaboration. Particular emphasis is placed on the relation between single performance and cooperation, and the crossing of disciplinary and cultural borders.

At the event, book presentation will be made by Martin Rein-Cano, founder and director of Topotek 1, Rasmus Koch, designer of book concept from Rasmus Koch Studio, and Barbara Steiner, editor of the book. Greeting address will be made by Natalie De Vries, co-founding partner of MVRDV and opening speech by Hubertus Adam, architecture critic, Zurich. 

Opening celebration will be held on September 9, 2016 at Topotek 1's Berlin Studio and exhibition will be on view between September 13-October 7, 2016. 

Venue: 

Topotek 1

Sophienstrasse 18

10178 Berlin.

Top image courtesy of Topotek 1

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